Fleet
HochSeeFlotte
Ship Type
Battle-cruiser
Nickname
The Iron Dog. (Eisene Hund), So named after Jutland by British.
Ship Class
Derfflinger (includes Lützow and Hindenburg)
Grouping
I Scouting Group
Command
1st Scouting Group (Aufklärungsgruppe)
Builder's Yard
Blohm and Voss, Hamburg. Construction No. 213
Budget Year
1912-1913 Naval Estimates
Construction Notes
Cost Marks 56 million.
Date Laid Down
30.03.1912
Launch Date
17.07.1913
Completed date
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Commission date
01.09.1914
Year laid down
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Year launched
1914
Year completed
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Commission Year
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Pennant No
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Photo Details
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Related stories
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Sister ships
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Eventual Fate
Scuttled Scapa Flow 21.06.1919, salvaged 1939 and broken up 1946
Jutland result
From 20:33 to 21:05 (CHECK CET) when Hipper was changing ships form the Lützow to the Moltke, Hipper put Hartog in command. Was responsible for sinking Queen Mary with Seydlitz and with Lützow HMS Invincble. Took 17 heavy and 9 secondary hits. Fired 385 main and 235 secondary shells. Launched 1 torpedo. Highest casualty rate of a ship not sunk in the battle.
Ready for action after dock repairs
15th October 1916
Commander
Kapitän zur See Johannes Hartog
Noteable Officers
Commander Georg von Hase, Gunnery Officer (From Kiel to Jutland)
Crew complement
1,138
Officers
44
Ratings
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Killed
157
Wounded
26
Prisoners
183
Displacement full Load (tons)
31,200
Artefacts Data
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Ship's Model
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Length (ft)
690.32
Length (mtrs)
210.4
Beam (ft)
95.14
Beam (mtrs)
29 (Gröner)
Draught (ft)
30.18
Draught (mtrs)
9.2
Max. Speed (knots)
26.5
Range (miles)
6,400 at 12 kts
Range (kilometres)
10,400
Fuel
3500 max coal and 1000 max oil.
Propulsion
Two sets of Parsons marine type turbines. Rated at 76,634 shp.
Armour Main Belt
12" (300 mm)
Deck Armour
1.2" (300 mm)
Turret Armour IN CM
270 mm
Conning Tower Armour
300 mm
Barbette Armour
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Weight of armour
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Armour / Displacement Ratio
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Watertight compartments
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General Notes
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Fire Control Table
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Fire Control - Clock
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Primary Gun calibre
30.5 cm (12”) SK L/50
No. Primary Turrets
4
Guns (No.barrels)
8
Primary gun layout
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Rounds per main gun
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Effective broadside guns
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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)
894
Primary Broadside Weight
7,152
Secondary Gun Calibre
5.915 cm (5.9”) SK L/45
Guns (No.barrels) 2
12
Rounds per secondary
720
Other Armament
Four 8.8 cm 1 4 single mounts, plus eight 8.8 cm Flak
Elevation (degrees)
-8° +13.5°.
Gunnery Range (yards)
20,500
Gunnery Range (metres)
18,000
Rate of Fire (rds per minute)
3
Shells expended Main
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Mines dropped
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Shells expended Secondary
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Torpedoes fired
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Gunnery Notes
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Torpedo Type IN
20"
No. tubes
4
Torpedo Type MM
500 mm
No. Mines
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Torpedo Notes
Single tubes
References & sources
Gröner (crew), Hildebrand (killed & wounded)